NANDANAR CARITRAM
Tamil Geyanatakam Nandanar Caritram was composed by Sri Gopalakrishna Bharati who was a contemporary of Sri Tyagaraja. The entire work consists of 45 keerthanaigal, 7 Kannigal, 7 Kadukka 4 tukada, 5 iruchollalangaram, 10 dandakam, 3 anandakalippu, 2 cinsdu, 3 lavani, and 2 nondi cindu.
Beside Nandanar Caritram Gopalakrishna Bharati composed three more small geyanataka
- Tirunilakanta Nayanar caritram
- Iyarpagai Nayanar Caritram
- Karaikkal Ammaiyar charitra.
——- Will be continued.